Connect How did your love story begin?

We met online! With our age gap, I assumed it would never land and she was just to gorgeous and fun. I sent a hail Mary message about our favorite common music artist and it took off from there. After 2 months of non stop talking, we met and quickly fell in love. That was April of 2025, and on NYE going into 2026, I proposed! We are weird, colorful, fun people who love life and to travel.Despite our histories and failures, it all led us to each other and immeasurably happy.

What is your favorite memory you've shared as a couple?

Going to Los Angeles for the first time ever for either of us. We stayed in the hollywood hills and in santa monica and saw our favorite band at the greek. It was a full life cycle moment. Here I was with the woman of my dreams, seeing the band that connected us, exploring a magical place and laughing, being silly and eating all the foods we could!

What would you do with $20,000?

We own 2 restaurants in Northern Virginia, and this would help with that but more importantly, we are getting married November 7th, 2026, and it's falling solely on us and I would love to be able to flair it up and make it the magic we both deserve! Some MCM flair, retro vibes, vinyls, music centric. We are both on our 3rd either marriage or engagement, so doing this right and forever.